Advance registration is required. For more information or to register, call the Costick Center at 248-473-1800.

The SkrWarn Training Program will be hosted by Warning Coordination Meteorologist RichardPollman of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Detroit Weather ForecastOffice in White Lake, Michigan.

In the early 1970's, SkyWarn was developed as a volunteer program as a cooperative effort between the National Weather Service and local emergency management representatives. Now there are nearly 290,000 trained weather spotters across the country, and they report severe weather to the National Weather Service (NWS), helping keep their communities safe.

A SkyWarn spotter's main responsibility is to identify and describe severe local storms. Information provided by SKYWARN spotters enables the NWS to issue more timely and accurate warnings for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, and flash floods.

He is going to discuss:

Basics of thunderstorm development

Fundamentals of storm structure

Identifying potential severe weather features

What information to report

How to report information

Basic severe weather safety

This is a FREE seminar, but they are requesting that you call in advance to reserve your spot at 248-473-1800.